Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Tips for new home inspection 7Sep 17, 2020 6:10 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Tips for new home inspection 8Sep 17, 2020 7:40 pm bashworth Thanks the link looks very useful.... Re: Tips for new home inspection 9Sep 17, 2020 7:43 pm Althom Exhaust fans all plumbed up and exhausted to outside. Check that doors close properly and actually lock. Definitely don't miss checking the bath. It would have been used to dump tile offcuts in and then one of the "professionals" building your house would have stood on the offcuts whilst fixing tiles, grouting, painting, fitting taps. Thank'q so much, so many people ask us to focus on bath tubs, painting and taps that something on my list for sure Re: Tips for new home inspection 10Sep 22, 2020 1:19 pm bashworth There are some hints at this link: http://anewhouse.com.au/2020/06/practical- completion-inspection-12-hints/ When do you think is the right time to do final inspection before walk through or before hand over. Houspect recommend us to do 3 to 5 days before handover. What do you suggest? Thanks in advance Re: Tips for new home inspection 11Sep 22, 2020 1:22 pm PCI should be2 weeks before handover with a final inspection when issues identified atPCI resolved The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Tips for new home inspection 13Sep 23, 2020 10:19 am PCI is mainly for cosmetics. One of the most important final inspections that is rarely done is a CCTV forensic inspection of the stormwater and drains. This forum is littered with serious post handover issues caused by bad plumbing which would have been discovered had a forensic plumbing inspection been done pre handover. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Tips for new home inspection 14Sep 23, 2020 5:21 pm I really appreciate all the valuable advice received. Thanks guys Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7287 Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. We definitely wish to settle and get these people out of our life. They are trying to charge us interest on late… 7 14426 i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98772 |